Hamlet, Prince of Denmark • Paragraph 162
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The Poet's stepping out of his Subject to lash the Custom of Plays being acted by the Children of the Chapel, is not allowable in Tragedy, which is never to be a Satire upon any modern particular _Foible_ or Vice that prevails, but is to be severe upon Crimes and Immoralities of all Ages, and of all Countries.